Bengaluru, June 19 -- Magnus Carlsen had one of the worst-ever runs of his career, suffering an astonishing fourth loss in a row on the final day of the Fide World Teams Rapid Championship on Friday.

The five-time world champion and world No.1 who is part of team WR Chess, and had lost to Arjun Erigaisi and Shant Sargsyan on Thursday, was in for two more losses on Friday in Rounds 9 and 10 - against World Championship challenger Javokhir Sindarov and Aydin Suleymanli, a 21-year-old from Azerbaijan rated 2556.

Against Sindarov, Carlsen's decision to sacrifice his Queen backfired and he ended up losing. He sat out the next two rounds. Carlsen has dropped close to 30 rating points and is dangerously close to dropping below 2800 in rapid. ...